伦敦英国白人不再占多数

White Britons no longer make up the majority of people in London for the first time, according to the latest census data which pointed to a cosmopolitan capital increasingly divergent from the national economy around it.

最新人口普查数字显示，英国白人首次不再占据伦敦人口大多数，表明这一国际化都市的人口越来越多样化，与该市以外的英国经济体差别越来越大。

The 2011 data also revealed a population of England and Wales that is generally better educated but less religious than it was a decade ago – and less likely to live in a home that they own.

这一2011年的数据还显示，比起10年前，英格兰和威尔士的人口普遍受教育程度更高，而信仰宗教的人更少，此外他们居住在自己拥有的房子中的比例更低。

The total population rose by 3.7m to 56.1m, an increase of 7 per cent from the previous census in 2001. Migration was responsible for 60 per cent of that growth – 2.1m people.

与2001年上一次人口普查的数据相比较，英格兰和威尔士的人口总数增加了370万，达到5610万，增长率为7%。增加的人口中移民人口为210万，占了60%。

Of the 13 per cent of the population who were born outside the UK – 7.5m residents – just more than half arrived within the past 10 years. This compares with the 2001 census, when 9 per cent of the population was born outside the UK.

750万居民出生在英国以外，占人口的13%，其中超过半数是过去10年内抵达的。2001年普查数据显示，当时9%的人出生在英国以外。

The surge of immigration has been especially striking in London, where more than one in three people – 37 per cent – were born outside the UK.

移民人口的猛增在伦敦尤为明显——超过三分之一（37%）的伦敦人出生在英国以外。

Only 45 per cent of London’s population were white people of English, Scottish or Welsh heritage, according to the latest data, down from almost 60 per cent in 2001.

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This makes London the first UK region where white ethnic Britons have become a minority.

根据最新数据，只有45%的伦敦人是英格兰、苏格兰或威尔士白人后裔，2001年这一比例接近60%。

The top source of new migrants to England and Wales overall for the decade was India – supplanting Ireland in the decade to 2001 – while the second-biggest source was Poland. In the 2001 census, Poland did not make the top 10.

这令伦敦成为首个英国白人占少数的英国地区。

Overall, the population of England and Wales has become better educated than it was a decade ago. A higher percentage have university degrees than have no qualifications, a reversal of the situation in 2001.

过去10年里，印度取代爱尔兰，成为整个英格兰和威尔士的第一大新移民来源（爱尔兰是2001年数据中之前10年最大的移民来源）。第二大移民来源是波兰，波兰在2001年普查中未排入前十名。

Levels of educational attainment in London are far higher than the national averages, with 27.2 per cent of the national population having attained a university degree or better, compared with 44.7 per cent of those living in inner London.

从整体上来说，英格兰和威尔士人口受教育程度比10年前高。拥有大学学位的人口比例比没有文凭的人高，这与2001年的情况正相反。

Indeed, in five of 14 inner London boroughs, more than half the population have university or equal level qualifications.

伦敦人口教育水平比全国平均高多了，全国人口中持有大学以上学位的占27.2%，而伦敦市中心区这一比例则为44.7%。

实际上，在伦敦市中心区的14个区中，有5个区持有大学及同等学历的人口超过了一半。